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Mr Drishti, who set up local TV channel Zjarr, said he decided to interview her because he looking for someone a bit different to present his new news programme.

He said: 'The idea came after I realised that all the TV stations in Albania had more or less the same face and the same political message from either the left or the right and I wanted to offer something independent and with a fresh face.'

Bracaj (pictured), who studies public relations at the local university, said she had simply 'found a way to put myself ahead' in a competitive industry

Defending the decision to offer almost-topless news, Bracaj said it was'not easy to enter the world of television'

The 21-year-old student's popularity has already spread wider that her native Albania with one of her videos being widely shared in neighbouring Serbia

Miss Bracaj, from the Albanian capital Tirana, was so excited when landed the role, she proudly posted a link to the MailOnline story about her getting the job on her Facebook page.

She also revealed that she had been bombarded with offers ever since her screen test.

Miss Bracaj, who studies public relations at the local university, said she was getting so many friend requests and messages on her Facebook page that she could not even read them all, never mind reply, and thanked her fans for their support.

Defending the decision to present almost-topless news, she said at the time she took the job: 'I am not expecting to get famous overnight, and it's not easy to get into the television business.

'I'm a journalist that's just at the beginning of her career and at the start you have to take some risks.'